[SOLVED] Can't access 192.168.2.1 from 192.168.1.1

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
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Hi all,
my network is organized in this way:

Main router (ISP router) IP: 192.168.1.1 -> In this router I have a Fire TV, some other devices and the Linksys router with openwrt

Linksys router (openwrt router) IP: 192.168.2.1 -> in this router I have a computer with a smb share, a couple of devices and an xbox.

I can reach the 192.168.1.1 network from the 192.168.2.1 one, but not the opposite: I can't even ping 192.168.2.1 when I'm connected from 192.168.1.1.

Internet is working tho.

Can somebody please help me to fix this issue?

Thanks a lot!

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Firewall stopping traffic.

If you don't need the separate subnets set up the linksys as dumb AP.

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As a try, I disabled firewall from system->startup->firewall but still no luck :frowning:

PS: I know I shouldn't disable the firewall (that was just a try).

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Well, then you'll need route rules.

You can disable the fw in the linksys, it's handled by the 1st device anyway.

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Uhmmm, can you be more specific please? Thank you very much

EDIT: oh, I've understood. FW is currently disabled anyway.

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If there wasn't a FW in the 1st router, all the devices connected to it would be exposed to internet.

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Yeah, sorry I misunderstood your reply :wink:
Anyway fw is currently disabled on my linksys router, but still I can't ping 192.168.2.1 from 192.168.1.X.
Is there any other check that I can do?

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And if you're not using the fw, set it up as a dumb AP.

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Okay, I've to learn router rules then. Thanks, I'll try my best to sort this out.

EDIT: but no, I'm not going to se it up as dumb AP, I need that subnet sorry

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Easier to reconfigure the linksys, you're not losing any functionality if you do, except the fw, which you don't use anyway.

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To everyone that will came here (maybe from a google search) with this problem: the correct solution is to set static routes from the main router (192.168.1.1).
It is clearly explained here:

Please note that this has nothing to do with openwrt itself, as I said this should be done to the main router.

Otherwise, as pointed by @frollic you should setup a dumb ap

I've learned a lot today

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